inspiration from far away

how far behind i am with my posting and i need to get in gear.  my apologies to you.  it was quite a brutal late spring before heading out for vacation (on one of the next posts) last month and still am running...nonetheless it is my duty to keep myself growing...

this is the folder of images i opened to so i felt i should share.
a trip i was so fortunate to take a few years ago now was to bangkok, thailand with stephen.    what an overwhelming experience on my senses from the smells of the hot hot pavement, to the street vendors cooking their food.  the exhaust from the way too many modes of vehicular transportation to the visually stunning temples.  the secret open air food & tchotchke markets to the river running through it all.  so many things to look at and take in.  such an enormous city with no logical layout of the streets, alleys, sub-alleys and everything in between.

what i loved most & do about any country is their history.  their temples, statues, artifacts, culture and rituals.  i share below some of that from the Wat Pho temple & the Palace which was filled with hand made mosaic covered temples with buddah and many warriors & religious figures watching over us all.  the texture, the walls of floor to ceiling paintings of small scenes, the sacred rituals of the followers.  something to be experienced and explored.  enjoy.